Seneca, MI is a small town located in rural Michigan that has been around since the late 1800s. It is a tight-knit community with friendly neighbors and a strong sense of community spirit. The town is governed by a mayor and city council. They are responsible for setting the budget, passing ordinances, and creating new initiatives to improve the quality of life for their citizens. Everyone in Seneca actively participates in local politics, debating issues and attending city meetings to make sure their voice is heard. Local elections are an important part of life here as citizens come out to vote for the people they believe will best represent their interests. Every four years, Senecans select new candidates to lead them into the future. During this time, they discuss important topics like infrastructure improvements or public safety concerns in order to decide who will be best suited to serve their interests on the city council. Senecans take pride in making sure their elected officials are accountable for the decisions they make and take responsibility for representing their constituents’ needs fairly and honestly.
The political climate in Seneca, MI is moderately conservative.
Lenawee County, MI is moderately conservative. In Lenawee County, MI 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lenawee county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 39.1%.
Lenawee county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Seneca, MI is moderately conservative.
Lenawee County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Adrian Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Michigan is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Seneca, Michigan: r R d r R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Seneca, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $2,371 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $24,844 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)